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An Excellent Katana By Izumi no Kami Kunisada / Inoue Shinkai With NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate mounted in Shirasaya with Koshirae for this blade is Tonbo/ Dragonfly Motif
Shinkai is regarded as the Masamune of the Edo Period
Shinkai (眞改) was the eldest son of the first generation Izumi (no) Kami Kunisada (和泉守国貞). Initialy he signed his name in the same manner as his father, Kunisada (国貞). He is known to have made many daisaku blades for his father in his father’s later years. Around 1661 he received the right to put the kiku mon on his blades. Around 1672 he became a lay priest and started signing his name Inoue Shinkai (井上眞改). He died suddenly on November 9, 1682.
